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David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
In major victory for California, Supreme Court rejects Trump's challenge to state sanctuary law — The Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear the Trump administration's challenge to a California “sanctuary” law, leaving intact rules that prohibit law enforcement officials from aiding federal agents …
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Daily Kos, POLITICUSUSA and Mother Jones
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Civil Rights Law Protects Gay and Transgender Workers, Supreme Court Rules — The court said the language of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits sex discrimination, applies to discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. — The Supreme Court ruled Monday …
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New Republic, The Intercept, Washington Post, Daily Kos, Gothamist, Mashable, WCCO | CBS Minnesota, The Wrap and The Root
Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Justices rule gay workers protected from job discrimination — FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2018, file photo, the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court gather for a formal group portrait to include a new Associate Justice, top row, far right, at the Supreme Court Building in Washington.
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court passes up challenges from gun groups on laws they say violate Second Amendment — The Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up new cases for next term that gun rights groups claimed denied Second Amendment rights. — The court did not accept a batch of nearly a dozen cases …
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Mother Jones, USA Today and Associated Press
Pete Williams / NBC News:
Supreme Court turns aside Justice Department, won't hear California sanctuary cities case
Supreme Court turns aside Justice Department, won't hear California sanctuary cities case
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CNBC:
Supreme Court decides not to hear big gun-rights cases, dealing blow to Second Amendment activists
Sarah Owermohle / Politico:
FDA ends emergency use of hydroxychloroquine for coronavirus — The Food and Drug Administration on Monday withdrew emergency use authorizations for two coronavirus treatments that President Donald Trump promoted despite concerns about their safety and effectiveness.
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Erika Edwards / NBC News:
FDA pulls emergency use authorization of hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 — The Food and Drug Administration rescinded the emergency use authorization for hydroxychloroquine to treat hospitalized COVID-19 patients on Monday, saying the drug carries too many risks without any apparent benefit.
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US Food and Drug …, BuzzFeed News and KEYT-TV
Washington Post:
Live updates: FDA pulls emergency authorization for hydroxychloroquine as covid-19 treatment
Live updates: FDA pulls emergency authorization for hydroxychloroquine as covid-19 treatment
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The Daily Caller, The Gateway Pundit, The Hill and Mother Jones
Berkeley Lovelace Jr / CNBC:
FDA revokes emergency use of hydroxychloroquine
FDA revokes emergency use of hydroxychloroquine
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New York Post
David Siders / Politico:
'We're thinking landslide': Beyond D.C., GOP officials see Trump on glide path to reelection — By most conventional indicators, Donald Trump is in danger of becoming a one-term president. The economy is a wreck, the coronavirus persists, and his poll numbers have deteriorated.
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No More Mister Nice Blog and The Daily Beast
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Tulsa World:
Tulsa World editorial: This is the wrong time and Tulsa is the wrong place for the Trump rally — President Donald Trump is coming to town this week for a campaign rally. — It will be his first since such events were suspended earlier this year because of the COVID-19 shutdown.
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Greg Evans / Deadline:
Jon Stewart Says His Biggest ‘Daily Show’ Regret Is Legacy Of “Evisceration Expectation” — Former Daily Show host Jon Stewart says he regrets his show's taking part in what he calls “the evisceration expectation” - inviting political opponents like Bill O'Reilly onto the show and giving in to the …
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David Marchese / New York Times:
Jon Stewart Is Back to Weigh In
Jon Stewart Is Back to Weigh In
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Megan Brenan / Gallup:
U.S. National Pride Falls to Record Low — WASHINGTON, D.C. — American pride has continued its downward trajectory reaching the lowest point in the two decades of Gallup measurement. The new low comes at a time when the U.S. faces public health and economic crises brought …
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Axios, POLITICUSUSA, The Daily Caller and The Hill
Greg B. Smith / THE CITY:
NYC COVID-19 Contact Tracers Not Asking About George Floyd Protest Participation, Despite Fears of New Virus Wave — Over the two last weeks, Mayor Bill de Blasio and others have voiced concerns that packed police brutality protests across the city could trigger a new wave of COVID-19 infections.
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Christopher Robbins / Gothamist:
De Blasio's Out Sick With Symptoms Associated With Coronavirus. Why Isn't He Getting Tested?
De Blasio's Out Sick With Symptoms Associated With Coronavirus. Why Isn't He Getting Tested?
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ABC News:
Trump administration expected to attempt to block John Bolton's book: Sources — A lawsuit seeking an injunction could be filed as soon as today, sources say. — Just a week before the much-awaited book by President Donald Trump's former National Security Advisor John Bolton is set to go on sale …
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Deadline, The Hill, The Guardian and Raw Story
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Biden fundraising surged in May — The former vice president's campaign has tripled the number of online donors since February. — Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. Joe Biden's presidential campaign announced it raised $81 million last month, fueled by his rise in the polls …
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Lachlan Cartwright / The Daily Beast:
Revealed: The Family Member Who Turned on Trump — The president's niece Mary Trump is set to publish a tell-all this summer—and to reveal that she was a primary source for The New York Times' investigation into Trump's taxes. — Donald Trump's niece, his deceased brother's daughter …
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Neil Vigdor / New York Times:
Trump's Niece to Publish Book With ‘Harrowing’ Revelations, Report Says
Trump's Niece to Publish Book With ‘Harrowing’ Revelations, Report Says
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Kevin Freking / Associated Press:
HUD secretary says he'll ‘work’ Trump on athletes kneeling — Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson testifies before a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 9, 2020. (Astrid Riecken/The Washington Post via AP, Pool)
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Hugh Hewitt / The Hugh Hewitt Show:
Dr. Ben Carson, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, On George Floyd, Kneeling During …
Dr. Ben Carson, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, On George Floyd, Kneeling During …
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The Hill, Politico, Axios, Washington Post and Breitbart
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Trump Touted The Economy's COVID Resilience While His Top Aide Dumped His Stocks — Former Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney sold up to $550,000 in securities the same day that his boss declared that the “economy is doing fantastically.” — As the novel coronavirus began to tank the stock market …
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Raw Story
Abacus Data:
Biden ahead by 14 among registered voters; Trump approval below 40% — With less than 150 days until Americans choose a President for the next four years, Abacus (one of Canada's most accurate polling company in the 2019 federal election) surveyed 1500 Americans on their feelings about the choice coming up …
David Folkenflik / NPR:
Rancor Erupts In ‘LA Times’ Newsroom Over Race, Equity And Protest Coverage — The Los Angeles Times' top editor is scrambling to placate journalists of color after years of often-unfulfilled promises by the paper to make grand progress in the diversity of the newsroom's ranks.
Washington Post:
Inspectors general warn Congress that Trump administration is blocking scrutiny of bailout programs as uproar over small business disclosure intensifies — In memo, inspectors general say Trump administration memo attempts to shield oversight of how money is being spent
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Nathan J. Robinson / Current Affairs:
Has The American Left Lost Its Mind? … Matt Taibbi, a journalist whose writing I enjoy and whose recent book Hate Inc. is worth reading, has written a J'accuse essay arguing that “the American left has lost its mind.” As the editor of one of the top five or six magazines of the American Left—okay, maybe top 10?
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Tallahassee Democrat:
Florida protester Oluwatoyin Salau found dead in Tallahassee after going missing — Oluwatoyin Salau, a 19-year-old protester who begged for justice in the wake of black lives lost, has died. — Police and family confirmed the death Monday morning. — Salau was one of two homicide …
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wctv.tv, The Hill, New York Post and The Root
Charlie Kirk / American Greatness:
Tucker Carlson Matters … Tucker Carlson matters. — I'm not saying black lives don't matter as well. They do. Of course, they do. I mean that sincerely. — Right now, a concerted effort to eliminate Tucker Carlson—his show, his views, his opinions, his advertisers …
John Daniel Davidson / The Federalist:
The Monument-Destroying Mobs Don't Hate The Confederacy, They Hate America — The mobs defacing and pulling down monuments across America have no limiting principle because their target is America itself. — Angry mobs are tearing down and defacing monuments across America.
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Lisa Friedman / New York Times:
A War Against Climate Science, Waged by Washington's Rank and File — Efforts to block research on climate change don't just come from the Trump political appointees on top. Lower managers in government are taking their cues, and running with them. — WASHINGTON — Efforts …
Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
Everyone Does Better When the President's a Democrat — The numbers don't lie. The question is why every Democrat isn't talking about this all the time. — BEAST INSIDE — Our two political parties have certain identities that are seared into our collective public brain.
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Jacob Knutson / Axios:
Top Voice of America officials resign after confirmation of Trump appointee … Go deeper — By Marisa Fernandez — 2 hours ago - Health — FDA ends emergency use authorization for hydroxychloroquine — The FDA ended Monday its emergency use authorizations for two controversial drugs …
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